Calendar-hanger.



W. A. CALLANAN.

' CALENDAR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE21,-1913.

1,107,262, Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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WILLIAIXI A. CALLANAN, 0F DENVER, COLORADO.

CALENDAR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914;.

Application filed Jamaal, 1913. x Serial No. 775,000.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ANnRnws CALLANAN, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendar-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to calendar hangers or devices for supporting similar articles, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a hanger which may be applied or attached to a calendar so that the fastening element is thoroughly protected and shielded during transit, as well as to provide for a transposition of the fastening element to permit of its being readily inserted into a wall or like support.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hanger which will occupy a'minimum space upon the calendar thereby permitting the calendars to be stacked in superposed relation or individually rolled.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a calendar hanger of extremely simple construction and arrangement, and one which may be manufactured at a very low cost to permit of its being adopted gen erally by concerns engaged in the manufacture and distribution of calendars.

T o the accomplishment of the recited objects and others coordinate therewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in that construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and embraced within the scope of the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a calendar showing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hanger detached from the calendar, and Figs. 3 and a are detail views of modified forms of the calendar.

Generally speaking, my invention comprises a single sheet of sheet metal stamped in suitable form to present slightly enlarged extremities, one of said extremities being provided with a fastening element while the other extremity is designed to be permanently secured to the calendar so as to constitute a shield. At a suitable point intermediate the extremities the metal is struck outwardly, to present a ridge which facilitates bending. The extremity carrying the fastening element is adapted to be bent over the upper edge of the calendar in such mannor that the said element is contained with in the shield. of. the opposite extremity, this affording ample protection for the securing devlce during transit. When it is desired to bring the fastening element into active position, the corresponding extremity is bent upon the medial ridge outwardly and upwardly with respect to the calendar, and then arranged in a substantially vertical position, so that the said fastening element will be disposed in a direction just the reverse of the direction in which it was lo cated when housed within the shield. By using a hammer or other suitable tool, or by simply constraining the free end of the hanger against the wall the fastening element will be forced into the wall and will consequently support the calendar.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a suitable piece of sheet metal having opposite enlarged extremities 2 and 3, the former being provided with a laterally extending pointed fastening element or pin 4: and the latter being fashioned upon one side into a substantially rotund housing or shield 5, the opposite side of this extremity 3 having a cylindrical split collar 6 which is employed for permanently fastening the device to a calendar, as will be presently explained. At a point approximately in the center of the longitudinal extent of the hanger 1 provide a ridge 7 which materially facilitates flexing of the extremities both in the application of the hanger to the calendar and in the operation of supporting the calendar upon the wall.

In use, the extremity 3 is arranged at the upper marginal edge of the calendar with the rotund portion 5 upon the face thereof. By suitable means the collar 6 is forced through the cardboard or material of which the calendar is made and is then upset or crimped to firmly engage the adjacent portion of the calendar so that this extremity of the device is permanently secured. The opposite extremity 2 is bent over the upper edge of the calendar, the ridge 7 preferable coming at this point while the pin 4 enters the shield 5. In this position any number of calendars may be stacked in superposed relation or rolled separately without the slightest difliculty. When it is desired to hang a calendar equipped with one of my devices the extremity 2 is bent rcarwardly and upwardly until it is alined with the lower extremity 8, whereupon it will be seen recipients of the calendars equipped with these devices may at a glance understandthe operation, I have provided the rotund 'shleld With a plurality of radial slots 8 so that the pin Will'be clearly visible, as exhibited "in: Flg. 3 of the drawing. Furthermore, the

specific fastening for the extremity 3 as disclosed in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 may be dispensed with, and the projections or spurs 9 substituted therefor. I may also utilize'an auxiliary pair'of these spursadjacentithe medial ridge 7 to insure a rigid engagement of the lower extremity of the device with the calendar. v 7

It shouldbe understood that in its broader aspect the invention comprehends the employment not only of the various means described, but of equivalent means for performing. therecited functions. "'While the arrangement shown is thought at the present time to be preferable, at s desired to reserve the right to effect such mod fications and variations thereof as may come fairly-Within the scope of the appended claims. 7

What is claimed, is :V

1. The combination with a hollow shield; "ofmeans for attaching said shield to an article to be supported, a flexible .member extending from said shield, and a pin eX tending at right angles from the free 'endof 7 said flexible member, said pin being nor- 1 mally held ithinsaidshieldin said right aneular *osition. o

2. The combination With ajhollowshield;

of means for attaching saidshieldto an article to be supported, a'strip of flexible metal'extendingfrom said shield and rebent to have its free end'opposite the l10llOW ;Oli

the shield, the bend of said stripforming' a substantially tubular portion, and a pin extending at right angles from said free'end Copies of this patentmaybe obtained forfi ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

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